What notes are in the A Double Harmonic Major scale?

A Double Harmonic Major contains A, Bb, C#, D, E, F, G#. Its interval pattern from the root is 1 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones).

What chords are in the key of A Double Harmonic Major?

The diatonic triads are A, Bb, C#m, Dm, E, Faug, G#.

SCALE REFERENCE

A – B♭ – C♯ – D – E – F – G♯1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7

A major 3rd and 7th over a flat 2nd and 6th — the 'Arabic' scale, with augmented 2nds on both sides of the 5th.

Notes & degrees

A1B♭b2C♯3D4E5Fb6G♯7

Notes	A, Bb, C#, D, E, F, G#
Steps	1 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 1 (semitones)
Also called	Byzantine, Arabic, Gypsy Major

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Chords in the key

These are the chords built by stacking scale notes in thirds. Click through for each chord's own diagrams:

Other scales on A

Double Harmonic Major on another root

Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.